Board of Directors

President - Kyle Hans

Vice-President - Joe Freson

Treasurer - Brett Keene

Director of Player Development - Brooks Graff

Staff/Coaches

Director of Baseball Player Development - Brooks Graff

Coach Graff, from Janesville, was a two time All-State, three time All-Regional and three time All-Conference selection at Notre Dame Academy in Green Bay. In addition, he was a DI scholarship athlete at The Ohio State University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he was a Team Captain. Coach Graff heads up all aspects of player development including our showcase program, running team hitting sessions and camps, anylzing our teams performances during games to work with coaches on opportunities for improvement, is a member of our Board of Directors and evaluation comittee at tryouts and he makes himself available for individual lessons by appointment at our facility. Coach Graff is also the owner of Brooks Graff Baseball, LLC (www.baseballbg4.com) Families can contact Coach Graff directly at 414.412.5901 or brooksgraff@gmail.comto schedule individual lessions for theirplayer

Director of Softball Player Development - Roanna Brazier

Coach Brazier was a four-year letter winner and first team Big 8 at the University of Kansas. She was an assistant coach at Ohio University for (3) seasons and one year at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas. In addition, she coached the 2003 USA All-Star Team that competed in the Netherlands helping the Dutch National Team prepare for the 2004 Olympic Games. Brazier was also the head coach at Ohio University from 1997 to 2005 where 15 of her players were named All-Conference Mid-American with three named All-Region performers. Coach Brazier was the pitching coach at the University of Wisconsin during the 2009 and 2010 seasons before founding On The Rise Fastpitch in the Fall of 2010 which she owns and operates (www.otrfastpitch.com). Families can contact Coach Roanna directly at 615.772.1648 to schedule lessons.

U16 Showcase - Dave Cladis

Coach Cladis was a middle infielder at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He started at 2nd base his junior and senior year. His junior year he hit .329 with a fielding percentage of .980 and in his senior year he hit .366 with an on base percentage of .472. His senior year, he was named to the Co-Sida All-American team. He prides himself on defense, hitting, and playing the game the right way.

U15 Showcase - Tyler Thicke

Coach Thicke is a former Division I left handed pitcher who threw for both the University of Indiana and UW-Milwaukee. In between pitching for those two schools, he helped lead Madison College to a JUCO World Series appearance posting a 6-0 record. He aslo spent two seasons in the Northwoods League with the Battle Creek Bombers and the Lakeshore Chinooks. With Lakeshore, he posted a 2.14 era earning him the Lakeshore Pitcher of the Year and the Northwoods League Allstar of the Year awards

U15 Showcase - Grant Berkovitz

Coach Berkovitz was born and raised in Sheboygan, Wi. and was a four year letter winner at Sheboygan North High School and Sheboygan Legion Post 83 (2001-04). While in high school he was a 2-time all-state performer (2003-04), 2-time Fox River Valley Legion Hitter of the Year (2003-04) and Rawlings All Region team (2004). Following high school he attended Div I University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2005-07). Earning 2nd team all-conference twice (2005 & 2007). While at UWM he made 127 starts and appeared in 140 games. Summers he played for his hometown team Sheboygan A’s (2004-08 & 2011).

Coach - James Wambach

Coach Wambach has an extensive playing background that includes a four year career at Division I University of Houston where he won the 1990 Southwest Conference batting title and captured the "Newcomer of the year" He also played 6 years of professional baseball including 4 years in the Chicago White Sox organization. Coach Wambach is a member of our evaluation comittee at tryouts and is an assistant coach with two teams for the club

Coach - Andy Hodgman

Coach Hodgman is a former Division I pitcher at the University of Harvard. In addition to his playing background, he has traveled to the University of Southern California to learn from Tom House to become a certified National Pitching Association instructor, spent many hours learning about what Ron Wolforth is teaching pitchers at the Texas Baseball Ranch and has studied hitting and elite hitters with both Jake Epstein of Epstein Hitting and Mike Ryan down at Fastball USA in Schaumburg, IL